Stephanie

Hello and welcome to my blog~ The Spanish Dahlia. I am a devoted wife, mother of two beautiful daughter's, and a a simple old fashioned romantic. I live in a beautiful Cape Cod home that has been styled by me with my eye for classic shabby chic antiques and white comfy casual slipcovered furnishings. My husband is a big part of my passions and hobbies, and is always building me the next project I throw at him. We make a great team because I am the brains and he is my brawn! Hope you leave my blog feeling like you came to your "happy place" and will come back again. Thanks so much for visiting and may you be as blessed as I am.
Hugs~ Stephanie

February 16, 2016

Hello February !!!

Hi there ! I can't believe it's mid February already ? I couldn't be more thrilled about that fact as I sit here in bed while looking out my window where I see a little snow, sleet and freezing rain..... Not that I have a right to complain..... We've had a super mild winter because of El Nino.

I don't know if I told you, but last spring was a huge disappointment for me. All of my roses were attacked by a nasty nasty bug called, Sawfly Larvae !!!!! Have any of you dealt with that before? What did you use to treat your roses to protect them from that ?

I hope and pray that Sawfly Larvae is dead and gone !

Anyway, onto my latest creations ....... That are for Sale also !

This floral piece was inspired by someone I respect and have admired for years..... Christie Repasy. I'm sure many of you know who she is and have seen her beautiful art paintings. To see her amazing work, go to christierepasy.com. I sent this picture to her on Facebook, to share and thank her for inspiring me.

If interested in a piece similar to this, send me an email at bsvintagenest@aol.com. Each romantic adornment is one of a kind and full of vintage millinery flowers and vintage ribbons. These adornments are perfect for any romantic occasion, bridal gift, baby Christening, first Holy Communion, first May Prom and Wedding heirloom gift. I also welcome, custom orders because your ideas are amazing as well !

I'm also creating flower girl baskets adorned with beautiful vintage ribbons, ruffles, trims, and flowers on vintage handled baskets. Can't wait to show you those pictures.....

Thanks for popping in and I also wanted to give a big thank you to Rachel Ashwell for asking me to use one of my pictures to feature her petticoat bedding line in an email blast that came out on Valentines Day !!!! I will share that picture in my next post.

Enjoy the pics and feel free to contact me for questions, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

P.S ~ You can also find me on Instagram under the name ~ _steph_bradley, I also sell vintage, antiques, and all of my floral creations every Wednesday and Sunday evenings at 6:30 pm eastern time.